LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it lb difcued to form a la*ii, the ground should be tr«»nchod as directed for the vegetaoie gardea ruy time during the auiuiun. If the <»lot can be prepared in Match, a sua son a'ay be gained by eowing the seed during that month; the surf ice must be thoroughly pulverised .aid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Created Dog-tail, 21Hb; Fep*sca tonuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, LoJium tenuitolia perenne, 20lbs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Neinoralis and Sempervirwis 41bs of eacb. This mixture vrill >uftice for half an aero, and will form a very good lawu. and if kept cut dose answers most soJs. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso to .".ad from any seedsman. tooiue of •.•111 native poas and other grusses woiid answer admirably tor lawn purposes, if the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should De deferred til' August. Commence to cut as soon as the maohine will act. Some >refer the scythe for tho first time of cutting. Roll previous to tuowi'ig; this will save the knives or the rnoivjr . iJEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW a N ACRE. Parley, 2* to 2J bushels; beans, i to 2J bushels; bunk wheat, or blank, 11 bushels; cabbago Idrun.head), to t>a!ieplant, 1 lb; canary, H pkgs; o-.'rot iii drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 Jbs; furee or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 Ls, I do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 10, do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax. '2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1) bush . lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drills, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurteel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 busing, parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pxt, rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rys grew ul drilled, one-foarth lees), 14 to 91 Isabels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tares, winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 2 to <•'1 bushels; tntolmu; incarnatnm, S4 r tormp, X to a lbs; turnip stubble, ; ib»; wboat 21 to S/i onshel*